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Education in Burma: where some are more equal than others

December 6th, 2007 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · 3 Comments

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Burmanization of Myanmar’s Muslims (2008) by Jean. A. Berlie (ISBN 9789744801265). This is a timely publication, given the focus of this year’s ANU Burma Update on education in Burma. After a survey of the history of Burma’s diverse Muslim minorities, Berlie analyses the state of Islamic education under the Burmese government’s policy of “Burmanization” – a socio-political [...]

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